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Joseph Edamaruku (7 September 1934 – 29 June 2006), popularly identified by his surname Edamaruku, was a journalist and rationalist from Kerala. He was the Delhi Bureau chief of the Malayalam magazine Keralasabdam for more than twenty years, and the founder-editor of Therali, a rationalist periodical in Malayalam. He was president of the Indian Rationalist Association from 1995 to 2005.
Edamaruku influenced a generation of freethinkers in 1970s and 1980s. His books were best-sellers in Kerala during those times. As a rationalist and an atheist, he wrote over 170 books on various subjects ranging from religion to philosophy to miracles. His autobiography, The Times that Raised the Tempest, won a Kerala Literary Academy award. He also translated and published in Malayalam the complete works of Abraham Kovoor. His son, Sanal Edamaruku, is an Indian rationalist and president of the Rationalist International, who is currently in exile in Finland.
Selected publications
Edamaruku, Joseph (2012). Christhuvum Krishnanum Jeevichirunnilla [Christ & Krishna Never Lived] (in Malayalam). India: Indian Atheist Publishers. ASIN B07GPRVLVY.
Edamaruku, Joseph (2015). Bhagavad Gita A Critical Study: Philosophy behind Hindutva explained. Rationalist International. ASIN B00TMIMS2E.
Upanishathukal: Oru Vimarsana Patanam (Upanishands: A Critical Study)
Chuvanna Theruvukal Chuvannath Engane?
Quran: Oru Vimarsana Patanam (Quran: A Critical Study)
Yukthivada Rashtram (Rationalist Nation)
Kovoorinte Sampoorna Krithikal (Complete Works of Abraham Kovoor: Translation)
Jaina Matham
Naveena Brahmana Matham
Ivar Matha Nishedhikal
India Gazetteer and Bhoomisasthra Nighandu
Kodumkattuyarthiya Kalam
Samsarikkunna Kuthira
Awards
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, Biography and Autobiography (1999)
See also
Indian Rationalist Association (IRA)
Kerala Yukthivadi Sangham
References
External links
Indian Atheist Publishers
Obituary at www.newkerala.com
Stauch Rationalist - The Hindu
Remembering Joseph Edamaruku by Sanal Edamaruku > [1]
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- Sanal Edamaruku
- Tak beragama di India
- Hukum penistaan agama
- Joseph Edamaruku
- Sanal Edamaruku
- Abraham T. Kovoor
- M. C. Joseph
- Edamaruk
- List of atheist activists and educators
- Indian Rationalist Association
- Kerala Yukthivadi Sangham
- Deaths in June 2006
- Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography
